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In most depictions of Jesus he is wearing spiked crown. If this is true what was the point if he was getting nailed to a cross anyway? Or was it just vindictavness ? (lemmy.world)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

The Romans (at that point) weren’t concerned about suppressing Christianity as a religion, but with using the execution to deter potential independence movements. So they gave him the crown of thorns to indicate to Jewish separatists that their political aspirations would be self-defeating.